Asterix & Obelix XXL: Romastered

Gran juego que recuerda al Spyro o Crash Bandicoot de la era de PlayStation pero que se siente cómo original ya que ofrece una jugabilidad única y te sientes un crío jugando con tus dos personajes Galos favoritos. La remasterización le sienta genial.

Поверить не могу, что в детстве (аж в 2005 году) прошёл уровень в Риме без использования комбо. Я тогда так и не научился ими пользоваться из-за очень специфичного перевода клавиш. Но сейчас я бы так уже не смог, ооо нет.. Так, ладно. Ближе к делу. Прошёл данный РИМастер. А так же выбил все достижения. Вспомнил, насколько добротная игра как для своего времени, так и на сегодняшний день. В процессе прохождения даже успел проникнуться ностальгией по тому периоду своей жизни, когда проходил эту игру в первый раз. В общем и целом, остался доволен. Новая графика оставила приятные впечатления, даже несмотря на то, что на некоторых уровнях новый графон смотрится красиво, а на некоторых - как будто неуместно. Впрочем, чего уж греха таить, я всё равно почти всю игру прошёл именно на классическом графоне - уж больно привык к нему ещё в детстве. Так что мне ли судить. Каких-либо технических проблем тоже не было, игра работала как надо. Уровни - как обычно интересные с разнообразными локациями. Геймплей с избиением толп Римлян - как обычно максимально весёлый и не надоедает. И большой плюс переизданию, что менять графику можно одним нажатием клавиши, прямо во время игры, в любой удобный для тебя момент. Никаких переключений пунктов в настройках и никаких душных перезапусков игры. Играй - переключай графику - сравнивай как было раньше и как стало сейчас. Удобно и приятно. Молодцы, что так сделали. В общем и целом - переиздание советую. Как для тех, кто когда-то играл в оригинал и теперь захотел снова вспомнить как оно было, так и для тех, кто ещё не играл и только присматривается к данной игре. p.s. Саундтрек в игре дико недооценённый. А некоторые композиции настолько эпичные, будто их писали изначально не для данной по сути мультяшной игры, а для какого-то серьёзного блокбастера. В детстве я этого не понимал, но теперь осознал в полной мере.

I’ve been getting into this series after watching and liking the newer animated movies and mini series and starting getting the comic collections. I figured I’ll try one of the games out, see if I’ll enjoy them. And I haven’t finished it. Got to the last level. Made it through an obnoxious fight against 1000 enemies in a small arena. Made it to a gauntlet of fights. Was missing five enemies from round 3 so I quit hoping to get back into it only to start with the worst fight so far again. I’m a forgiving guy but even I have my limits. Gameplay: No comment on the story since it’s just Asterix and Obelix travelling across Europe to save their friends. The game is a platformer-beat-em up where you fight hordes of enemies with some minor platforming and challenges in between the fights. For the most part in the beginning, this was alright. But even early on there were issues that grew mildly worse until the end. First of all, there's no proper controller support in this remaster. I tried playing on Steam Deck since I thought it would be easier to play and I had to configure the thing to even get the pause menu to work. It’s also why I didn’t or couldn’t use the combos I could buy which would’ve made the game easier, but I couldn’t read the combo commands cause they were keyboard keys and not controller buttons. The platformering is okay for the most part. I would say that having two playable characters was a mistake since this isn’t something like the LEGO games where you can switch characters at any time. The game will force you to switch characters depending on what it wants you to do and does so in a sudden way that's almost disorientating. Also makes doing a few basic things take longer if you need both characters to do an action like using a turret or activating a catapult to move forward. Also there are time trials but I only tried a few since the dash move you have isn’t actually useful for speedy jumping challenges. Now before I get to combat, I want to talk about the bosses which are all the same tank thing. I would be more forgiven if they did something different but no, it’s the same thing but in harder arena’s. Okay the 3rd boss did do something different with both how you expose and hit it’s weakpoint which gave me hope the bosses are doing things differently now. But no, 4th boss is the same as the previous boss only with a river of lava in the front of the arena. But I didn’t finish the game so maybe the final boss would be different. Give me a sec. (one quick video later) The final boss is the same as the first two only there’s two tanks with half the health. But now for the combat. I admitted to not knowing the combos but I played several beat-em up style games with caring about combos like DMC or God Of War, so what’s it like without them. Really tedious as it turns out. Sure you can grab and swing around a stunned enemy to drain the health of your enemies before delivering a finisher, but some enemies can block your attacks. And the two ways I found to deal with blocks is either to keep punching until they stop blocking, or sic the dog on them to disarm them for a few seconds. Now the dog is the more useful option but it’s not guaranteed to work sometimes and there are fights where the dog isn’t available to use so time for more button mashing. But the button mashing combat wouldn’t be too bad if it wasn’t for the amount of enemies you have to deal with. At the low end, you might have to fight 20 or 50 enemies. But most times it’s between 100 to 500. That’s ridiculous. And it’s not helped when you defeat one foe, another just like him takes his place. Sure they might make things easier with a magic potion or a turret section or have traps around the area. But most of the time, it’s just punching dudes. And that gets boring after a while. Presentation Since this is a remaster, they updated the graphics and sound to make them look and sound better, but also gives you the option to use the old graphics too. Now I’ll admit, the remaster version has better models, better draw distance and better graphics, but I’m a sucker for the old version. What can I say. I was a kid in the 1990s, this blocky 3D graphics are pure nostalgia for me. Plus I think they look better but that’s a personal opinion. Verdict: I wanted to like this more than I did cause I was enjoying the first few levels. But by the end I just got tired and just wanted it to end. 4/10

This game absolutely deserves an hour-long YouTube review. But I'm too lazy to make one.

It's a remaster of the original Asterix & Obelix, what's there not to like? The saga itself is already a timeless, fun classic - everything else is a cherry on top. The gameplay loop follows a similar level design as the games of its time, with collectibles gathering across the board (now made easier with guides), and fun and quirky characters with nice dialogue. The highlighting feature is the seamless transition between older and remastered graphics - as instant of a time travel as it can get!

ENTÃO O QUE FALAR DO JOGO ASTERIX & OBELIX XXL: ROMASTERED ? ESSA É A VERSÃO REMASTERIZADA DO CLÁSSICO QUE SAIU LÁ PRO PLAYSTATION 2, PRA QUEM NÃO SABIA! ELA VEM COM GRÁFICOS MELHORADOS, ALGUMAS MECÂNICAS AJUSTADAS E AQUELA NOSTALGIA TODA TURBINADA. ENTÃO SE VOCÊ JOGOU NA ÉPOCA DO PS2, VAI CURTIR REVISITAR COM ESSA ROUPAGEM NOVA. OLHA, NÃO VOU MENTIR... NÃO FOI NADA FÁCIL, HEIN? O JOGO É BEM LEGAL, TEM TODO AQUELE CLIMA NOSTÁLGICO DOS DESENHOS, MAS A MODALIDADE BÔNUS QUASE ME FEZ DESISTIR! SÉRIO, TIVE QUE REPETIR VÁRIAS FASES, PERDER UM TEMPÃO TENTANDO PEGAR O TIMING CERTINHO, ERRAR, TENTAR DE NOVO... ATÉ QUE ENFIM CONSEGUI OS 100%! FOI SOFRIDO, MAS VALEU CADA MINUTO. RECOMENDO DEMAIS O JOGO PRA QUEM GOSTA DE PLATAFORMA 3D E QUER MATAR A SAUDADE DO ASTERIX E OBELIX. SÓ AVISO: SE FOREM ATRÁS DA PLATINA, SE PREPAREM PRA RALAR UM POUCO, PORQUE NÃO É TÃO SIMPLES QUANTO PARECE! AGORA É SEGUIR EM FRENTE: JÁ VOU COMEÇAR O ASTERIX & OBELIX XXL 2 PRA DAR INÍCIO A ESSA NOVA SAGA DE PLATINAR TAMBÉM. MINHA META É FECHAR MAIS ESSE E CONTINUAR A COLEÇÃO. E QUEM QUISER DAR AQUELA OLHADA NOS PRINTS DAS MINHAS CONQUISTAS, TÃO LÁ NO MEU ÁLBUM DA STEAM, É SÓ ENTRAR E CONFERIR! É ISSO, RUMO AO PRÓXIMO DESAFIO! BORA QUE BORA! 🎮🤘

The gamepad works, but in a strange way. It’s impossible to perform combos, you have to use the keyboard to confirm actions, and in the settings menu you have to switch options using the mouse. They released the game and then lost interest in it. I got stuck on the first challenge, where you have to collect 2,000 helmets, but I always ended up below 1,000. I repeated it more than 20 times. The first level is extremely boring, but I told myself I’d push through. For those who grew up with this game, it might feel fine. But it’s clear that it’s an old game, and even if you like Asterix & Obelix and genuinely want to play it, the oddly functioning gamepad makes it impossible. I don’t have any nostalgic attachment to this game since I only played it in 2026, and there’s no chance they’ll improve gamepad support. I don’t recommend wasting your time on it. From what I’ve played, it’s quite a repetitive and empty game, and what’s strange is that if you clear an area and later return to it, it’s full again. I don’t know if it affects the game’s progression, but it’s odd. I can’t really imagine how this could have been a popular game at some point. Maybe for kids around 8–10 years old, but not nowadays. As far as I’m concerned, it doesn’t even have the fun factor of old console games that are now somewhat popular on emulators or mini console replicas. I am disappointed. Simply no. That’s all.